Detroit hip hop stars lead ‘Turn up the Vote’ rally

DETROIT, Michigan — Detroit City Council member Mary Sheffield used an element of surprise as an incentive with the help of some Detroit hip hop artists for a Turn up the Vote rally at Detroit Edison Public School.

Sheffield set up the innaugural rally to help teach students about their civic duty by using rap, something she see’s as a educational tool to bring the knowledge to the students.

“We have to make that connection, that’s what it’s all about. We have to get our kids excited, the way they turn up for musice and our hip hop artists, they have to turn up to vote. And that what is what today is all about,” Sheffield said.